I'm BUYING the Frigging Hospital

At least that what it seems like when Mom has been inthe hospital three times in July and Steve has been in the past week. They're both doing fine, in fact, mom came home last night after 3 days of observation of her kidney function. The doc was worried about the anemia that has plagued her and finally just wanted to measure in/measure out. Steve has had a horrid cough for the past 5 years or so and the docs have not been able to stop it. They've tried various procedures to no avail, so this week they put him in to take a biopsy of his lung. A short, overnight stay if they could do a laproscopic(?) procedure like they hoped, but longer if they couldn't. Well, Bro Steve's luck is such that, of course, it did not go as hoped. When they got in there, they discovered his LUNG is ATTACHED to his CHEST WALL - I've never heard of that. So, instead of a fast in and out, they had to go through the ribs to get through to the lungs. He's still in today (operation was Tuesday) and as soon as his lung capacity has improved he'll go home - perhaps today or tomorrow. So it's been basically a pretty crappy week. On top of all that is DAD, who is the one I generally worry about, but as long as he gets 22 hours of sleep everyday he seems to get along OK. Fingers crossed for EVERYONE.